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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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